Men Pole Vault World Championship 2003 Paris (FRA) - Thursday 28.08

Men Pole Vault World Championship 2003 Paris (FRA) - Thursday 28.08 - Gold Medal: Giuseppe Gibilisco, Italy

Final 18:30	Team	Height	530	550	560	570	575	580	585	590	595
1. Giuseppe Gibilisco	ITA	5.90mm	-	-	O	-	XX-	O	O	O	-
2. Okkert Brits	RSA	5.85mm	-	-	XO	-	XO	-	XO	X-	XX
3. Patrik Kristiansson	SWE	5.85mm	-	-	XO	-	O	O	XXO	XXX
4. Dmitri Markov	AUS	5.85mm	-	-	XO	-	XO	-	XXO	XX-	X
5. Tim Lobinger	GER	5.80mm	-	-	O	O	XO	O	XXX
6. Denys Yurchenko	UKR	5.70mm	-	XO	-	O	-	XX-	X
6. Timothy Mack	USA	5.70mm	-	XO	O	O	XXX
6. Derek Miles	USA	5.70mm	-	XO	O	O	XXX
9. Vadim Strogalev	RUS	5.70mm	-	O	O	XO	-	XXX
9. Adam Kolasa	POL	5.70mm	O	O	O	XO	XXX
11.Viktor Chistiakov	AUS	5.60mm	-	-	O	-	XXX
-. Daichi Sawano	JPN	DNS

Few would have predicted Gibilisco for victory before Paris, though they might have done so if they had realised that the Italian’s coach was Vitaliy Petrov, the Ukrainian who was once coach to Sergey Bubka. It was Petrov who advised Gibilisco to pass in the final after two failures at 5.75. He came back with a new pole to clear 5.80 and was one of five men to then try 5.85.
The Italian was first to go of those five and went into the lead by clearing on his first attempt. Brits made it on his second, Kristiansson and defending champion Markov on their third. Lobinger, who was the leader before 5.85, went out. At 5.90 Gibilisco again succeeded with his first try and added 5cm to his new Italian record. The others were left to try 5.90 and/or 5.95, but all in vain.

Qualification - Tuesday 26.08 18.45h

mark 5.75 0+12 Athletes

Group A	Team	Height	520	535	550	560	570
1. Dmitri Markov	AUS	5.70m	-	-	-	XXO	O
1. Derek Miles	USA	5.70m	-	-	XO	XO	O
3. Timothy Mack	USA	5.70m	-	XO	XO	O	XXO
3. Denys Yurchenko	UKR	5.70m	-	-	XXO	-	XXO
5. Adam Kolasa	POL	5.60m	-	O	O	O	XXX
6. Lars Borgeling	GER	5.60m	-	-	-	XO	XXX
7. Rens Blom	NED	5.60m	-	-	XXO	XO	XXX
8. Iliyan Efremov	BUL	5.60m	-	XO	O	XXO	XXX
9. Pavel Gerasimov	RUS	5.60m	-	O	XXO	XXO	XXX
10.Adam Ptacek	CZE	5.50m	-	O	XO	XXX
11.Nick Buckfield	GBR	5.50m	-	-	XXO	XXX
12.Thibaut Duval	BEL	5.35m	-	O	XXX
13.Pierre Charles Peuf	FRA	5.20m	O	-	XXX
13.Alexandre Barbaud	FRA	5.20m	O	-	XX-	X
15.Fumiaki Kobayashi	JPN	5.20m	XO	XXX
-. Aleksandr Averbukh	ISR	NM	-	-	-	XXX

Group B	Team	Height	520	535	550	560	570
1. Giuseppe Gibilisco	ITA	5.70m	-	-	O	-	O
2. Tim Lobinger	GER	5.70m	-	-	O	XO	O
2. Viktor Chistiakov	AUS	5.70m	-	-	XO	O	O
4. Okkert Brits	RSA	5.70m	-	-	O	O	XO
4. Patrik Kristiansson	SWE	5.70m	-	-	-	O	XO
6. Daichi Sawano	JPN	5.60m	-	O	O	O	XXX
6. Vadim Strogalev	RUS	5.60m	-	O	-	O	XXX
8. Spas Bukhalov	BUL	5.60m	-	O	O	XXO	XXX
9. Jeff Hartwig	USA	5.50m	-	-	O	XXX
10.Matti Mononen	FIN	5.50m	-	XXO	XO	XXX
11.Christian Tamminga	NED	5.35m	-	XO	XXX
11.Piotr Buciarski	DEN	5.35m	-	XO	-	XXX
13.Dominic Johnson	LCA	5.35m	-	XXO	XXX
14.Stepan Janacek	CZE	5.20m	O	XXX
-. Romain Mesnil	FRA	NM	-	-	-	-	XXX
-. Richard Spiegelburg	GER	NM	-	XXX